Harry Truman Browne
Papers

Dates:
1952-1965.

California Businessman and Democratic Party supporter.

The papers of Harry Truman Browne consist of correspondence, photographs, invitations,
memorabilia, printed material, and other items relating primarily to Browne’s political
activities and attendance at the presidential Inaugurations of 1961 and 1965, and to his
attendance at the dedication ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library in 1957.

Size:
Less than one linear foot (about 350 pages).
Access:
Open.
Copyright:
No donation of copyright was received from the donor of this collection. Documents created by
U.S. Government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain.
Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents,
or their heirs.
Processed by: Jenifer Whiting (2007) as part of the Truman Library Internship
Program. Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.

Harry T. Browne was a member of the 1961 General Inaugural Committee, and a longtime Democratic
Party figure. He owned a home building and development company, Truman Browne Enterprises, which
was located in Inglewood, California. He died on September 12, 1966.

The papers of Harry Truman Browne consist of correspondence, photographs, invitations,
memorabilia, printed material, and other items relating primarily to Browne’s political activities
and attendance at the presidential Inaugurations of 1961 and 1965, and to his attendance at the
dedication ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library in 1957. The collection is comprised of one
series, a Subject File, arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Among the printed materials are a limited edition reproduction of John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address,
a 1961 Life magazine souvenir edition entitled “Inaugural Spectacle,” and a magazine-style publication
about Kennedy’s assassination.

The collection contains a small number of photographs. Harry S. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Chief
Justice Earl Warren all appear in these photographs. Most were taken at the 1957 dedication of the
Truman Library and the 1961 Inauguration.

The correspondence includes one letter from Harry S. Truman to Browne, thanking him for a Christmas
package that Browne sent to Truman. Several letters from Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to Browne offer
thanks for his continued support of the Democratic Party.

Among the memorabilia in the collection are menus from the U.S. Senate restaurant, Inaugural tickets,
a badge from the 1961 Inaugural, and an invitation to the 1961 Inaugural that was autographed by
Harry S. Truman.

Correspondence, photographs, invitations, memorabilia, printed material, and
other items relating primarily to Harry T. Browne’s political activities and attendance at
the presidential Inaugurations of 1961 and 1965, and to his attendance at the dedication
ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library in 1957. Arranged alphabetically.